Kavi Bhushan

Indian poet

Kavi Bhushan (c. 1613–1715^{[citation needed]}) was an Indian poet in the courts of the Bundeli king Chhatrasal^[1] and the Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj.^[2] He mainly wrote in Brajbhasha interspersed with words from Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian languages. He was a scholar poet of Anupras and Shlesh Alankar.

Early life

Bhushan originally resided in the Tikwapur village in present-day Ghatampur tehsil, Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh in a Brahmin Family.^[3] He was the brother of the poets Chintamani and Matiram. Bhushan's original name is unknown. Kavi Bhushan ("Precious Poet") was a title given to him by the Rudra Pratap of Chitrakoot.^[2]

He first met Shivaji when the latter visited Agra to meet the emperor Aurangzeb; thereafter, Bhushan was supported by Chhatrapati Shivaji. Bhushan later moved from Varanasi to Maratha Kingdom in the 1670s, and attended Shivaji's durbar (court).^{[citation needed]}

Use of Puns

Kavi Bhushan was known for the use of puns in his poetry.^[4]

Literary works

Shivaa Bhushan
Shivabavani
Chatrashaal Dashak
Saaransh ki khani

References

^ K. K. Kusuman (1990). A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume. Mittal Publications. p. 157. ISBN 978-81-7099-214-1. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b Sujit Mukherjee (1 January 1999). Dictionary of Indian Literature One: Beginnings - 1850. Orient Blackswan. p. 54. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ People's Raj. Vol. 30. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1974. p. 78.
^ https://hi.quora.com/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8B-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0